View of Native American (Hopi) men, Snake members, who take part in the Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. The Snake members walk behind the Dance Rock as spectators sit and stand on pueblo buildings, the Dance Rock, and near the edge of the mesa look on. The Snake members wear moccasins, kilts, fur pelts attached to belts, body paint, and feathers in their hair.

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Condition: red ink stains on print.; Inked on back of print: "The men between the Altar and the Kisi have brought several sacks full of snakes and placed them in the Kisi, from which place they will be handed by old Supela, one at a time to the carriers who will carry each snake once around the Altar. Girls of the Snake clan carry a bowl of sacred meal with which they sprinkle the dancers.; Photographer's seal embossed on print.; Title inked on back of print.; Vintage photographic print.; Written on back of print: "Ind- Pueblo- Hopi- Walpi Dances- Snake".; R7001707281

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